For Birhan, a 37-year-old bride-to-be in Dallas with both Ethiopian and Eritrean roots, the decision to get her hair braided for her mels, or reception, wasn’t about vanity—it was about return. About ...

Marry young, divorce early, join the overseas maid trade: Is this the only way out for Ethiopian girls? Up a bumpy, winding dirt track in the mountains of northern Ethiopia, past two bulls chewing ...